Team Leader x 2 - Riccarton

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Team Leader Opportunities - Edinburgh / Part-Time & Full-Time Posts Available

Part-Time Team Leader – £16,195.46 per annum
Hours: 18.5 hours per week

Full-Time Team Leader – £32,390.92 per annum
Hours: 37 hours per week

Location: Mercury House, Riccarton Hub, Research Avenue North, Edinburgh, EH14 4AP

***Benefits - 32 days holidays per year, increasing to 37 with service, Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme, Perks at Work, £600 Refer a Friend & much more!***

About Riccarton (Day Services) Hub

At Capability Scotland Riccarton Hub, we provide specialist daytime support and occasional 24-hour short break respite services for adults with physical, learning and complex disabilities, promoting independence, inclusion and wellbeing through personalised care and enriching activities.

We provide fun and meaningful activities for our customers to get involved in during the day. We pride ourselves on enhancing outcomes and life experiences and, within our Hub, we focus on health and wellbeing as well as creating smiles. We're focused on making our customers' time at Riccarton all about them and offer tailored and bespoke support plans.

About the Role

We are looking to recruit two Team Leaders to support our Service Manager in managing our team. As experienced social care practitioners, you will ensure that our people continue to receive the exceptional, person-centred support we provide by being responsible for:

• Rota management
• Staff management, supervision, recruitment and development
• Managing customer activities
• Health and Safety
• Compiling and checking Care and Support Plans for customers
• Management of medicines procedures
• Financial management for customers (dependent on service)
• Liaising with families, health and care professionals and social workers
• Sleepovers and on-call support (dependent on service – additional payments are provided where appropriate)

Hours of Work

Part-Time Post

18.5 hours per week, predominantly Monday to Friday between 8.30am and 5.30pm. We are open to discussing hours worked over 2 or 3 days.

Full-Time Post

37 hours per week, predominantly Monday to Friday between 8.30am and 5.30pm.

Both posts will require flexibility to provide occasional on-call cover within our respite service.

Experience / Qualifications / Key Skills Required

Experience of working in a similar role and environment is desirable, as is a willingness to take on personal development opportunities. You should hold an SVQ Level 4 in a care-related subject, or be willing to work towards this qualification within an agreed timescale.

You should have:

• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• The ability to work effectively as part of a team
• The ability to work on your own initiative
• A person-centred approach to support delivery

Working with Capability Scotland brings you lots of benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Part-Time: £16,195.46 per annum - £16.79 per hour
• Full-Time: £32,390.92 per annum - £16.79 per hour
• Fully funded SVQ qualification – yours for life
• 32 days holiday per year, increasing to 37 with service (pro-rata) 
• Free PVG checks throughout your employment
• Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme
• Up to 3x annual salary death in service benefit
• Perks at Work shopping discount scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• 24/7 employee assistance programme
• Blue Light Card and Concert for Carer discounts
• £600 Refer a Friend scheme 

One Voice, One Charity, One Spirit, #OneCapability

Want to be part of this? Apply now.

A full job description for this role is available by clicking here: Team Leader (Res Resp)

For more information on this role, please contact Liz Gold at [email protected] using reference CS2805261

Closing Date: 11th June 2026

We reserve the right to close or extend this vacancy depending on the number of applications received. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

General Information

Capability Scotland is committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief, ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcome enquiries from everyone.

A copy of Capability Scotland’s Equality and Diversity Policy is available upon request from the HR Team.

Due to the high volume of applications expected, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Thank you for your interest and for taking the time to apply to work with us.

Please note: These roles do NOT qualify for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship.